Turkey eggs are tan with brown specks. They are 50 percent larger than a chicken egg, but contain nearly twice as many calories and grams of fat and four times as much cholesterol.

A fryer is the name given to a turkey under sixteen weeks of age, while a turkey five to seven months old is called a young rooster and a turkey 15 months or older is termed mature.

According to the National Turkey Federation, the average turkey has about 3,500 feathers at maturity.

Juvenile males are known as "jakes", while the young female turkeys are known as "jennys".

The heaviest turkey on record was 86 pounds, about the size of a large dog.

Paul Kelly set the world record for fastest turkey carving at Little Claydon Farm, Essex, UK, on 3 June 2009. Paul went head-to-head against local butcher David Harrison at an event to celebrate the 25th birthday of KellyBronze turkeys, carving his bird in 3 minutes 19.47 seconds.

Turkeys are classed in the family of Phasianidae, along with pheasants, partridges, francolins, junglefowl, and grouse.

In "The One with All the Thanksgivings", the main characters spend Thanksgiving at Monica's apartment where they tell stories about their worst Thanksgivings: Chandler learning of his parents' divorce, Phoebe losing her arms in past lives, and Joey getting his head stuck in a turkey.

On November 24, 2011, at the 44th Annual Capital One Bank Dallas YMCA Turkey Trot in Dallas, Texas, 661 people dressed as turkeys.

In 1550, the English navigator William Strickland, who had introduced the turkey into England, was granted a coat of arms including a "turkey-cock in his pride proper".